Most Fresno County election races are set

The fields for most of Fresno County’s November political races were set Friday, as candidates had until 5 p.m. to file paperwork with the county clerk’s office.

In all, 141 positions are up for grabs. Some of them — such as the Fresno mayor’s race — were pared down during the June primaries. Candidates for offices in which the incumbent is not running for re-election have until Wednesday to file.

Here is an updated candidate list for major races throughout Fresno County. Note: * defines a contest with a Wednesday filing deadline.

Fresno

Mayor: Henry R. Perea, Lee Brand

City Council District 5 (Short Term)*: Luis Chavez, Jose Barraza, Tony Gastelum, Paully Condon, Keith Railey

City Council District 6: Garry Bredefeld, Jeremy Pearce

Fowler

City Council (three vacancies): Margarito Garza, Sandie Monis (incumbent), Leonard J. Hammer (incumbent), Daniel Parra (incumbent), Patric Jones, Karnig Ronald Kazarian, Lisa Lozano

Sanger

Mayor: Joey Hernandez, Frank Gonzalez, Raul Cantu

City Council District 1*: Martin F. Castellano, Melissa Hurtado

City Council District 3: Tony Pacheco (incumbent), Daniel Martinez

Reedley

City Council District 1: Rick Rodriguez (incumbent), Frank E.Z. Pinon

City Council District 3: Robert O. Beck (incumbent)

City Council District 5: Anita Betancourt (incumbent)

Parlier

City Council District 1: Noe M. Rodriguez, Juan M. Montano (incumbent)

City Council District 3: Jose Escoto, Raul M. Villanueva (incumbent)

City Clerk: Dorothy Garza (incumbent)

City Treasurer*

Orange Cove

City Council (two vacancies): Josie Cervantes (incumbent), Diana Guerra Silva (incumbent)

Selma

City Council (three vacancies)*: Louis Franco, Scott Robertson (incumbent), Jim Avalos (incumbent), Jesse A. Crouch

Coalinga

City Council (two vacancies)*: Henry Gonzales, Dawn Kahikina, Tanya Stolz, Ronald Lander (incumbent), Joshua Sailer

City Clerk*

City Treasurer*: James C. Vosburg

Firebaugh

City Council (three vacancies)*: Brady Jenkins (incumbent), Mario Perez, Freddy Valdez (incumbent), Elsa Lopez

City Clerk*

City Treasurer*

Huron

Mayor: Sylvia Chavez (incumbent), Rey Leon

City Council: Hilda R. Plasencia (incumbent)

Kerman

Mayor*: L.E. Bradford, Rhonda Armstrong, Gary K. Yep

City Council (two vacancies): Raj Dhaliwal, April Blankinship, Espi Sandoval, Kevin W. Nehring (incumbent), Michele Arvance, Jack Sidhu, Bill Nijjer (incumbent)

Kingsburg

City Council (two vacancies)*: Sherman Dix (incumbent), Laura North, Jason Poynor

Mendota

City Council (two vacancies): John C. Flores, Joseph R. Riofrio (incumbent), Jonathan R. Leiva, Liberty E. Lopez, Victor Martinez, Oscar Rosales, Servio Valdez (incumbent)

San Joaquin

City Council (three vacancies): Eva Luna, Cristina Covarrubia, Martha Silva, Abel G. Lua (incumbent), Julia Hernandez (incumbent), Ruby Dhaliwal (incumbent)

Caruthers Unified School District

Trustee Area One: Michael S. Reid (incumbent)

Trustee Area Two: Valori A. Gallaher (incumbent)

Central Unified School District

Trustee Area Three*: Maria Petrogonas Brar, Phillip Cervantes

Trustee Area Five: Richard A. Solis, Cynthia Berube (incumbent), Randy Rocca

Trustee Area Six: Terry L. Cox (incumbent), Richard Martinez Jr.

Clovis Unified School District

Trustee Area Two: Ginny L. Hovsepian (incumbent), Isabel Machado, Sandy Torosian

Trustee Area Four: Brian D. Heryford (incumbent), Janeil Page Swarthout, Jacob Belemjian

Trustee Area Five*: Scott Troescher, Jacob Ward, Steven G. Fogg

Trustee Area Seven: Christopher S. Casado (incumbent), Mike Pack, Matt Castiglione

Coalinga-Huron Unified School District

Trustee Area One: Francisco J. Chavez (incumbent)

Trustee Area Two: Steve Whitwill (incumbent), Tom Crawford (incumbent), Lisa Culbertson, Roger B. Campbell

Cutler-Orosi Unified School District

Trustee Area Four: Lloyd McClard (incumbent)

Dos Palos-Oro Loma Unified School District

Governing Board Member (four vacancies, pending candidate information from Merced County)*

Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified School District

Trustee Area Two: Gilbert F. Coelho (incumbent)

Trustee Area Three: Abel Serrano (incumbent)

Trustee Area 4, Short Term*: Fernando A. Campa

Trustee Area Five: Ronald R. Parker (incumbent)

Fresno Unified School District

Trustee Area Two*: Elizabeth Jonasson, Yuritzy Villasenor

Trustee Area Five: Carol Mills (incumbent)

Trustee Area Six*: Claudia Cazares, Jack Jarvis

Golden Plains Unified School District

Trustee Area Two: Kathy J. Chaffin (incumbent)

Trustee Area Three: Celina U. Rossetti (incumbent), Veronica Bodart Gonzalez

Trustee Area Four: Maryann Trujillo (incumbent), Cassandra Zapata Gonzalez

Kerman Unified School District

Trustee Area Two: Maria S. Cantu (incumbent), Pritpal “Paul” Cheema

Trustee Area Three: Daniel G. Babshoff (incumbent), Maria Medina

Kings Canyon Unified School District

Trustee Area Five: Manuel Ferreira (incumbent)

Trustee Area Six: Floyd B. Smith (incumbent)

Trustee Area Seven: Clotilda Mora (incumbent)

Laton Joint Unified School District

Governing Board (three vacancies): Richard M. Alves (incumbent), Daniel Vargas (incumbent), Cindy Brooks, Delbert E. Mello (incumbent), Robert R. Antuna

Mendota Unified School District

Governing Board (four vacancies)*: Adrian Perez, Kevin Arias-Romero, Lupe Flores (incumbent), Rachelle Flores, Diana Toscano (incumbent), Isabel Maldonado (incumbent), Albert Escobedo, Gapo Lua Jr., Alma Durazo

Parlier Unified School District

Governing Board member: Rick Maldonado (incumbent), Juan David “J.D.” Garza, Carlos A. Lopez, Yared Padilla, Melissa Cano, Trinidad Pimentel, Robert Leija, Eric Molina

Riverdale Joint Unified School District

Trustee Area Four: Daniel Conway (incumbent)

Trustee Area Six*: John L. Mendes

Trustee Area Seven*

Sanger Unified School District

Trustee Area One: Tammy Wolfe (incumbent)

Trustee Area Three: James D. Karle (incumbent), G. Brandon Vang

Trustee Area Four: Marcy Masumoto (incumbent)

Trustee Area Five: Ismael “Mike” Hernandez Jr. (incumbent)

Selma Unified School District

Trustee Area One: Mark V. Falcon (incumbent)

Trustee Area Two: Paul L. Green (incumbent)

Sierra Unified School District

Governing Board Member (four vacancies)*: Chris Rosenlund, Chrissy Falk (incumbent), Ron Eldridge (incumbent), Cortney Rose Burke, Carrie Quintana, Connie Kee Schlaefer (incumbent), Bert R. Weldon, Jason Schroer

Kingsburg Joint Union High School District

Trustee Area One: Johnie Thomsen (incumbent)

Trustee Area Four: Rick D. Jackson (incumbent)

Alvina Elementary School District

Governing Board Member*: Lara Main

Big Creek Elementary School District

Governing Board Member: Larry Sprague (incumbent)

Burrel Union Elementary School District

Governing Board Member* (two vacancies)

Clay Joint Elementary School District

Trustee Area One: Randel M. Yano (incumbent)

Kingsburg Elementary Charter School District

Trustee Area Two: Connie Lunde (incumbent)

Trustee Area Four: Frank Yanes (incumbent)

Monroe Elementary School District

Governing Board Member: Steven R. Spate (incumbent)

Orange Center School District

Governing Board Member (two vacancies): Veronica Thomas (incumbent), Panfilo H. Cerrillo (incumbent)

Pacific Union Elementary School District

Governing Board Member (two vacancies): R. Allen Scheidt (incumbent), Valerie L. Holmes (incumbent)

Pine Ridge Elementary School District

Governing Board Member (two vacancies)*: Mia Burton, Cindy Farley (incumbent)

Raisin City Elementary School District

Governing Board Member (three vacancies): Laday Ramirez (incumbent), Sofia Lopez (incumbent), Rafael Morfin (incumbent), Nancy Schwabenland, Mario Alvarado, Federico Garcia, Ricardo Jurado

Washington Colony Elementary School District

Trustee Area Two*

Trustee Area Four: Gary Chavez (incumbent)

Trustee Area Five: Peter L. Mathew

West Park Elementary School District

Governing Board Member (two vacancies): Jessica Galvan-Hopkins, Gloria Hopie Pineda-Capozzi, Aida Garcia (incumbent), Edward B. Randolph (incumbent)

Governing Board Member, Short Term*: Richard Lopez, Luciana Duarte

Washington Unified School District

Trustee Area One: James “Jim” Curtis (incumbent), Terry Ruiz, Chris Messenlehner

Trustee Area Two: Anna Marthedal Campbell, Frank Butterfield (incumbent)

Trustee Area Three*: Mark A. Aguilar

Trustee Area Four: Neil Amaral (incumbent), Eddie Ruiz

This story was originally published August 13, 2016 at 5:10 PM with the headline "Most Fresno County election races are set."